Before Microsoft there was the Mechanism

The world’s oldest computer predates Bill Gates by about 2,000 years.
In fact, the absolutely mind-boggling Antikythera Mechanism – a corroded clocklike object found among the ruins of a sunken ship – may prove that advanced scientific technology existed far earlier than was thought possible.


Scientists have discovered that this mysterious Greek invention predicted solar eclipses, organised the calendar in four-year cycles, and could be linked to renowned astrologer and engineer Archimedes.
Though no other such mechanisms have ever been found, experts believe that many more made around the same time in 100 B.C.E. once existed.
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